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Java Java Objects (Retired) Harnessing the Power of Objects Handling Exceptions

Posted by Sierra Lorenzini
Sierra Lorenzini
838 Points

Unclear what is happening

I am unclear what is happening here... I added in the print statements but the challenge is saying I am not printing...

Main.java 
public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        GoKart kart = new GoKart("yellow");
        if (kart.isBatteryEmpty()) {
          System.out.println("The battery is empty");
        }
        try{
          kart.drive(0);
          System.out.println("This cannot happen");
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
          System.out.println("Whoah!");
          System.out.printf("The error was %s\n", iae.getMessage());
        }

    }
}

1 Answer

Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points

Here is what I did:

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        GoKart kart = new GoKart("yellow");
        if (kart.isBatteryEmpty()) {
          System.out.println("The battery is empty");
        }
        try{
          kart.drive(2);
        }catch(IllegalArgumentException iae){
          System.out.println(iae.getMessage());
        }
    }
}